-Orthodoxy is the product of great amounts of immigration from Eastern Europe, incl. many people from erstwhile Ottoman Empire, and then formation of a French Orthodox Church w/ exarch recognized by Constantinople (but partially successful)
-Independent Catholicism is the result of a larger split over papal infallibility
-Protestantism dramatically expanded by, first, annexation of chiefly Protestant French Switzerland, and second, by massive amounts of immigration from Protestant countries (chiefly Germany and Sweden) in 19th century
-Islam is result of immigration as much as OTL, but with more immigration from East Indies
-without Napoleon, Jewish emancipation happens decades later in much of Europe, and so a lot of German Jews immigrate following stuff like Hep-Hep riots (worse due to identification of Judaism with France), and more immigration from Russia and Lithuania afterwards because a lot of Jews view it as a cause to bring them in

-The Ruhr and the Rhine, and much of Belgium to Lille, from Lille to Brussels to Antwerp to Liège to Aachen and extending to Cologne, is one giant conurbation of sorts called L'Aigle (the Eagle) centred around Aix-la-Chappelle
-which developed bc it just has that much coal, also in OTL Aachen was the industrial center of the Ruhr till mid-19th century
-this area got bombed bad during French Wars > Sixth French War (1937-41), reconstructed well in its wake with modern industry
-so Rust Beltification escapes it while Paris and other cities face it
-with Paris eventually recovering but not before it loses a fair bit investment to rising conurbation
-also means centre of silicon industry after development of the crystal valve (Analyzers > ^523202) is in this conurbation

-Paris encompasses the entire Seine department
-more people and more industry boosts a whole bunch of cities
-Liege and Aix-la-Chappelle are effectively 1 metro area
-Anvers benefits from rail links, getting to be main port of Ruhr-Rhine-Flanders industrial region
-Metz is no longer right at the border, booming as a result

New Holland (Eras of New Holland)

-in 1825, France, having long had a presence fighting slave trade intervenes in Lagos and restores Adele Ajosun as Oba of Lagos
-in 1827, British Isles ships storm in, remove Adele Ajosun after ship battle, and then put Osinlokun back
-but soon afterwards, word comes of Popular Revolution, French ships attack again, and British ships confused retreat and move to Sierra Leone
-French move back in
-his son Oluwole succeeds as Oba in 1837
-realizing French are trying to make him a puppet, tries to kick them out in 1843
-but they rally behind Akitoye, prop up his ambitions and send ships up and make him Oba in 1844
-in return for ban of slave trade and permanent military presence
-makes Lagos major port and base for whole region
-growth of commercial zone of influence with palm oils
-missionaries frowned upon and often kicked out
-in 1859, full ban on slavery issued
-French rescuees from many (particularly Portuguese) ships put there
-also Afro-Brazilian diaspora (Amaros) comes here, creating sizeable creole group
-resulting in Lagosien architecture being deeply based on Brazilian architecture
-and Portuguese-based creole influential, Portuguese co-official